My friend's young daughter passed away from leukemia recently and she is mad at God

[Cleita]

21. If you stop believing in God, then there is no one to blame would be a cynic's answer.

I have an acquaintance, whose son died as a teenager from a genetic disease. She stopped going to church because as she says a loving God would not have allowed him to suffer like he did. I really don't know what answer you would give to a grieving mother who has asserted that. Perhaps the lesson here is that man-made religions and beliefs aren't the answer and that she needs to search for the true God and her true path in life. That comes from within and no priest or other purveyor of religion can accomplish that.

Also, why did the child get leukemia? Was there something in the water or in her environment that triggered it, or was it genetic? Perhaps her daughter's death will not be meaningless if she follows through and starts asking the hard questions. This may be God's call to her for activism so other children don't die. I have always believed that every life has a purpose and a lesson in how that person lived and died. The purpose is not always obvious and one has to dig through the fog to get to finally see it.

My heart goes out to this woman and my prayers will be that she starts healing from this devastating blow as soon as possible.